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Famous Maya Angelou Quotes
“I know for sure that love saves me and that it is here to save us all.”
“In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.”
“Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind.”
“One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.”
“Cooking certain dishes, like roast pork, reminds me of my mother.”
“Hope does not take away your problems. It can lift you above them.”
“I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English.”
“I wasn't a pretty girl. I was six feet tall at 15, you know.”
“The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken.”
“The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.”
“I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.”
“Hold those things that tell your history and protect them.”
“I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.”
“I'm interested in women's health because I'm a woman. I'd be a darn fool not to be on my own side.”
“I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression.”
“Time itself is an individual gift. It is wise to cherish it carefully and give it away generously.”
“The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.”
“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature.”
“I long for the time when all human history is taught as one history, because it really is.”
“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.”
“I think that that's the wisest thing - to prevent illness before we try to cure something.”